1964

Tom Phillips, your company just passed $100 million in sales. What are you going to do now? Go to Disney World, or course! Not only is Tom, who is president and CEO of Phillips Publishing International Inc. in Potomac, Md., going to visit Disney World, but he is taking his 500 employees and their families with him. Tom started his publishing business 20 years ago in his garage and is now tire publisher of a large number of newsletters, directories, and magazines including Rotor & Wing Interna- tional and Avionics Magazine. The trip is his way of thanking his employees for their con- tributions toward reaching this sales mile- stone. I wonder if the offer of the trip extends to classmate Gene Veto, who serves on the company’s advisory board.

While Tom Phillips was busy honoring his employees for their hard work, other ’64’s were being recognized by their professional peers. Pediatrician Robert Hands was recognized for his years of service by being inducted into the 25-year club at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. Dave Hess was identified as being among the “most brilliant legal minds in New Hampshire” by Man- Chester Magazine. And Lee Chilcote was elected to die American College of Real Estate Lawyers. In addition to real estate law, Lee specializes in the areas of banking and envi- ronmental law. I also heard from two of Lee’s teammates on the 1963 Dartmouth soccer team. John Carpenter checked in from his office at Rider College, where he is dean of the School of Continuing Studies. Since John and I are in the same business, our respective programs are both benelitting from the return of older, non-traditional students (or, to be politically correct, “mature learners”) to die college classroom. Also checking in was JimZum, who is the senior vice president of Zurn Industries, a manufacturing and con- struction company located in Erie, Pa. A geol- ogy majorat Dartmouth, Jim is working with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which is active in preserving land for the public domain. He has two daughters, Clara ’9l and Molly ’92, who are still in Hanover. Jim asked me about Jim Wilson. Jim, are you out there?

Finally, 1 received the following from George Estabrook (Monsieur Estabrook from my roommate Tom Adams’s freshman French class): “George Estabrook, one of the more obscure members of die class of ’64, broadened die scope of our collective achieve- ments by setting a new course record for men age 50-54 in the tenth annual Metro Beach Triathlon by taking 1:12 off of the previous record. This sprint-distance triathlon is held on the shore of Lake St. Clair in Michigan and includes a half-mile swim, a ten-mile bike sprint, and a two-and-a-half-mile run.”

When George isn’t in training, he is a pro- fessor of botany at the University of Michigan.

In closing, I want to send all members of the class my best wishes for the holiday sea- son, and to ask that you include the follow- ing in your New Year’s resolutions: “Dur- ing 19941 will send my class secretary news about myself, my family, and my classmates.” Thank you.

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